Bethan Huws

Bethan Huws (born 1961) is a Welsh artist who won the B.A.C.A. Europe 2006 award given by the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht.[1] She was born in Bangor, Wales and has lived in Paris and Berlin, exhibiting her work across Europe.[2] From 1981 to 1985, she studied at Middlesex Polytechnic, later earning her MFA in 1988 from the Royal College of Art in London.[3] Frequent themes in Huws' work include place, identity, and translation, often using architecture and text.[2][3] Her work has been described as "delicate, unobtrusive interventions into architectural spaces".[3]

Her exhibitions include the Anthony Reynolds Gallery (1988), Riverside Studios (1989), Kunsthalle Bern (1990), Luis Campana Gallery (1991), the Venice Biennale (2003), and the Ingleby Gallery (2011), among others.[3][4][5][6][7]

In 1993, Huws made a film called Singing for the Sea in which eight Bulgarian women sing and dance on a beach in Northumberland on the coast of the North Sea, wearing traditional Bulgarian dress. The performance took place over three evenings in front of a live audience, and the resulting 12-minute film was exhibited in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp.[6]

Further reading
  • Konrad Bitterli and others, Bethan Huws, Buchhandlung Walther Konig (2007), ISBN 3-86560-115-4
  • Michael Archer and others, Bethan Huws: Singing to the Sea, Artangel (2006), ISBN 2-9525304-0-8

References
  1. Bonnefantenmuseum Archived October 3, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Sherwin, Skye (2011-03-02). "Artist of the week 128: Bethan Huws". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  3. Summers, Francis. "Huws, Bethan." Grove Art Online. 2000-12-10. Oxford University Press. Date of access 9 Apr. 2018, http://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000097066
  4. Arts Council of Wales Archived 2006-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Further: Artists from Wales at the 50th International Art Exhibition, Venice Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Tate. "'Singing for the Sea', Bethan Huws, 1993 | Tate". Tate. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
  7. "Bethan Huws | Artist | Ingleby Gallery". www.inglebygallery.com. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
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